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Microsoft's Media-to-Go OS Will Sport MPEG-4
By Remy Davison, Insanely Great Mac
March 7th 2003
Redmond isn't putting all its eggs in one basket when it comes to WMP.
Microsoft may be pushing its Windows Media Player (WMP) format hard against rivals
RealPlayer and Apple QuickTime, but Redmond is betting on MPEG-4 when it comes to
movie-playing cell phones.
MPEG-4 for movie playback will be the centerpiece of a new phone that BenQ plans to
release in the second half of 2003. BenQ is working with Microsoft on its unreleased
Media-to-Go OS, which will run on the phone.
"MPEG4 movies are very popular on the Web and we'd like to be able to play back to
downloaded movies," said Rick Lei, general manager of sales at BenQ , to c|net Asia.
Lei makes the point that BenQ is working on the Media-to-Go OS with specific reference
to its MPEG-4 playback capabilities.
The BenQ player-phone, which has not been named, will get a 10 or 20GB hard drive,
similar to those found in the iPod.
MPEG-4, based on Apple's QuickTime file format, is well known for its ability to
heavily compress video and deliver quality playback.
BenQ also remarkets OEM CDRW drives and Pioneer DVD-R drives.
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